Legal Opinion
Segraves v. Consolidated Electric Cooperative
Missouri Court of Appeals
Decided January 17, 1995No. 65444PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DOWD, Judge.
Consolidated Electric Cooperative (Consolidated) appeals from the trial court’s judgment awarding Mamie Segraves treble damages for the trees it removed from her yard. We affirm.
Segraves filed suit against Consolidated, her electric utility, after its linemen cut down her mulberry tree and “topped off” her cherry tree. At trial, she stated her electricity was off when she awoke on June 30, 1993. She left to go shopping at 9 a.m. and her electricity was still off. When she returned at 11 a.m., electrical service had been restored. However, the mulberry and cherry trees in her front…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Gladden v. Missouri Public Service CompanySupreme Court of Missouri · 1955
- Graves v. StewartSupreme Court of Missouri · 1982
- Sanford v. KernSupreme Court of Missouri · 1909
- Herbig v. HerbigMissouri Court of Appeals · 1952
- Gnau v. Union Electric Co.Missouri Court of Appeals · 1984
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- Anderson v. HowaldMissouri Court of Appeals · 1995
- Lush v. WoodsMissouri Court of Appeals · 1998
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